Garment folder



M. P. BRIDGES GARMENT FOLDER June 11, 1929.

Filed Dec. 4, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

HA UDSZPBBZDGES ATTORNEY.

M. P. BRIDGES GARMENT FOLDER June 11, 1929.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec 4, 1926 A TTORNE Y.

Patented June 11, 1929.

UNITED STATES MAUDE BRIDGES, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

GARMENT FOLDER.

Application filed. December 4, 1926. Serial No. 152,582.

This invention relates to a wrapping device or folder, to be used inwrapping coats, dresses, negligees, blouses, waists and similargarments, for delivery from the manufacturor, store, cleaner andlaundry, in fact wherever garments of practically any nature that areliable to wrinkle are placed in shipping boxes for delivery purposes.

An important object of my invention of this garment folder is to providea device on which the garment is placed, thereby preventing the garmentfrom crushing.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes forwhich it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such unitary structure andrelative arrangement thereof as will fully appear by a perusal of thefollowing specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of refer ence indicate correspondingparts in the several views and modifications.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention in use, showing thegarment ready for packing.

Figure 2 shows the invention as in extended position.

Figure 3 shows a modified construction of the invention in extendedposition.

Figure 4: shows another modified construction of the invention inextended position.

Figure 5 shows still another modified construction of the invention inextended position.

Referring now more particularly to the character of reference on thedrawings, the numeral 10 denotes the garment folder as a Whole ingeneral. The wrinkle proof folder 10 is made of heavy soft paper and thenature of the paper would depend upon the nature of the article uponwhich it is to be used, thus a thin paper would be used with a lightdress, while a heavier and much stiffer paper might be used with anovercoat, and near the opposite end side portions thereof, openings 11and 12 are provided therein in order to indicate the folding locationfor the fold 13 of the device, and also to facilitate the folding aswell as avoiding unnecessary frictional contact with the garment at thecontact corners adjacent to said openings 11 and 12.

Referring now to Figure 2, a second series of openings 14 and 15 areplaced in parallel relation to the first mentioned openings 11 and 12and serve the same functions as these first Figure 3 shows a form havinga third series of openings 20 and 21 with fold 22 there- 111, in orderto provide for a third folding over for use in garment that are ofconsiderable length.

Figure 4 shows another modification but with only one series ofopenings, for use with articles of short length, as a shirt.

Figure 5, is somewhat like Figure 3, but is shown to illustrate thatthese openings may be placed in any desirable location to obtain anydesirable length for boxes of various sizes.

The garment is laid out on a suitable surface in extended position andthen the folder is placed on the garment 23 and substantially covers thewhole area of said garment. The folds 17 and 18 are then made therebyreducing the area of the exposed surface by about one-half. Incompleting the folding as the case may be, folds 13 and 16 respectivelyfollow: and the garment and garment folder are ready to be placed into abox for transportation purposes, whereby the article may be shipped longdistances, yet be ready for instant use by the receiver without thenecessity of repressing the article. Thus, articles of clothing may besent to a central cleaning establishment and returned long distances,pressed and ready for use, thus making for greater economies in the useof larger cleaning establishments and consequent lowering of coststhrough the use of large scale operation. It is likewise very useful,for the same purpose by manufacturers of articles of clothing, who maythen pack them with less expense and yet withbetter results than underthe present means and methods.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as to not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A garment folder comprising aunitary body portion having substantially uniform cross sectional areaexcept one of the end portions being cut away, a series of holes inspaced relation in said body portion, folds in said folder extending inparallelism and at right angles to each other and also extending throughsaid holes, and as for the purpose set forth.

2. A garment folder device for the purpose noted comprising a unitarybody portion made out of suitable material, a series of spaced openingsin said device, a plurality of folds extending lengthwise and parallelto the border of said device, said folds also passing through saidopenings, another fold extending in a right angle direction to saidfirst mentioned folds, thereby also passing through said series ofspaced openings.

A garment folder device for the purpose noted comprising a unitary bodyportion made out of suitable material, a series of spaced openings insaid device, a plurality of folds extending lengthwise and parallel tothe border of said device, said folds also passing through saidopenings, a plurality of parallel folds extending in right angledirection to said first mentioned folds, thereby also passing throughsaid series of spaced openlngs.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

MAUDE P. BRIDGES.

